At 7pm, I was called to do an admission at a different hospital. Usually, I would ride home, and then drive. I'm scared of crossing the Acosta Bridge after dark*. But I figured "what the heck! It's bike-to-work week!" On the way over, I was passed by two spandex guys. I rode back home well after the sun had gone down. Thankfully, there were no cars on the bridge when I had to cross 3 lanes of freeway. I got a little freaked out when I heard an ominous noise coming behind me and I couldn't see any cars. It turned out to be the often-forgotten Jacksonville Monorail.
In summary: My wife biked to work for the first time. She also biked farther than she ever has in her life. I crossed the river after dark for the first time. And I rode over 12 miles in dress shoes** and a tie!
* I was never really sure if it was legal to cross the Acosta bridge on a bike. But everybody does it, and it seems a lot safer than crossing on the Main Street bridge. It is legal, according to Wikipedia. And if Wikipedia says so, it must be true!
** cycling that far in dress shoes not recommended
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That's pretty sweet.
Right now people in the industrialized world are facing two very grave problems: obesity and a growing scarcity of oil. Compounding this problem is the new food shortage brought about, in part, by the conversion of food cropland to bio-fuel crop production. Most people feel powerless to help, but there is one thing that we can do. Ride our bicycles to work.
If everyone would agree to ride their bikes to work one day per week we could cut oil consumption by as much as 10-15%. No one would argue that riding a bike burns more calories than driving the car. Although popular politically right now, most bio-fuels consume more energy than they produce. We would be much better to eat those bio-crops then use our own energy to transport us around.
So spread the word. Make it a movement! Bicycle to work one day a week and do your part to cut back obesity and the overuse of oil and precious cropland.
Just go to my profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreylsteve
Jeff